Discussion, GenerateMember = False

Question

0.00/5 (No votes)

See more:

I was wondering if someone has noted any performance issue or memory improvement by setting the GenerateMember variable to false.

As far as i have seen, what it does is just declare the variable locally inside InitializeComponent() stub, so i guess that this variable would be able to be collected by GC and cleaned after used. would this improve performance or memory allocation?

For instance, a good use of this would be if you have a long list of menu items in a menu strip, and you just need to handle their click event and never access any of their properties in runtime. But, will it work the sacrifice ?

What are your thought regarding this?

Posted 28-Jan-11 7:45am

creizlein

Add a Solution

2 solutions

Solution 1

I think if your computer is so slow that this would make a difference, you need to trade it in on an abacus.

Posted 28-Jan-11 8:02am

Christian Graus

Comments

creizlein 28-Jan-11 14:07pm

Sorry to say this way, but how does the computer slowness apply into this? performance and memory allocation exist no matter you have a 50 cores CPU with 50gb ram or just a pentium with 2gb...

if you don't notice the performance or you don't care if a program uses more or less memory because you have "good enough" then thats another story

#realJSOP 28-Jan-11 14:38pm

Because a slow computer is more apt to shine a light on slow processes. On fast computers, even the crappiest code can run like the blazes.

creizlein 28-Jan-11 14:50pm

Thats correct, there is no doubt about that, but as i mentioned, that means you are just "ignoring" the performance issue, but its still there...
Your car can run without problems as prolly as fast as usual with the truck loaded of bricks, if it has a good engine, but that doesn't mean you are doing it right ;)

Add a Solution

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Nish Nishant · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-28T08:09:00

I always mean to remember to set it to False for controls I don't access in code (which is usually the majority of them). I don't think it would affect performance in any noticeable way.

Comparing to WPF, with MVVM it's rare that anyone will ever need to name their controls (except for styles, templates etc.)

So if you prefer to set them to False, go ahead, it won't affect anything, and you will get rid of some superfluous member variables in the auto generated code.